I had no complaints using Micron CSC....used it for about 12 years....a
few years back, I had the opportunity to buy a few gallons of Micron 66
for $100 per gallon. I read about its effectiveness in dealing with
'slime'.....the biocides in it I guess which are not in CSC. And 2 1/2
gallons for $250, how could I refuse.
AZURA logs close to 1,000nm per season and when the boat is hauled in
October, it does not need a bottom cleaning and/or pressure wash. The
bottom looks pretty much the same as it did when given a light coat of
66 in the Spring. I have used 66 for 3 seasons now.....I dilute it
about 10% to make rolling it on easier. I am usually applying
antifouling paint around +10C and the little extra solvent makes rolling
it on easier and it the paint seems to go farther. The boat could go
back in the water this Spring with no attention to the bottom, however,
it will get another diluted, light coat.
A few other club members have witnessed the effectiveness of 66 on my
boat and have switched from whatever they were using. They all get it
when they drive to the USA.
I asked the Binnacle here why they don't carry it......they said it too
much trouble getting all the govt approvals because of the biocides in
the 66.
I don't race AZURA so it really doesn't matter what's on its bottom as
long as it is not mussels and barnacles and other similar marine growth.
Rob Abbott
AZURA
C&C 32 - 84
Halifax, N.
On 2015-03-10 10:39 AM, mike amirault via CnC-List wrote:
I am in the same marina as Dwight Veniot and I did use Amercoat #4 for
several years. As an antifouling agent it works very well but I found
it to be too ablative for my boat which sails about 1000nm per season.
After a power wash in the fall, the hull would be nearly bare. Since
that time, I have switched to micron CSC which holds up much better
and sometimes just needs a "brokers" touch up rather than a full coat
each year. Therefore, I think any cost savings you will get with the
Amercoat are offset by justing with CSC.
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